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Deadly tornadoes touched down Thursday in Minnesota, killing at least two people, police said.

An earthquake has rocked Southern California, shaking the Los Angeles area and forcing a halt to the Toronto Blue Jays-San Diego Padres game in San Diego.

Search crews on Monday found the last person known to have gone missing when a flash flood swept through a popular campground, but they planned to continue looking, authorities said Monday.

Flash floods killed at least 12 people at a campground in western Arkansas, state police said on Friday.

A tornado touched down in central Illinois Saturday, police said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.

The death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha is growing, with 123 reported killed in Guatemala, 14 in Honduras and nine in El Salvador.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Agatha dumped more rain on Guatemala and El Salvador on Sunday after killing at least 16 people in the region.

Federal forecasters today called for an "active" to "extremely active" hurricane season this year, with anywhere from 14 to 23 named storms expected ...

Taylor Swift is donating $500,000 to flood relief in Nashville. The money will go directly to various flood relief organizations in the city rocked by deadly storms and flooding that killed 30 in three states, including 20 in Tennessee. The gift was announced by the show's host after Swift finished an interview from her tour stop in Des Moines, Iowa. Swift moved to Nashville when she was 14.

The houses lie vacant with their triangular rooftops peeking through the brown, murky water. Abandoned cars dot impassable highways, while rotting furniture floats through city streets.